%0 Journal Article
%T Cognitive Code-Division Channelization with Admission Control
%A Kanke Gao
%A Onur Ozdemir
%A Dimitris A. Pados
%A Stella N. Batalama
%A Tommaso Melodia
%A Andrew L. Drozd
%J Journal of Computer Networks and Communications
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/510942
%X We consider the problem of joint resource allocation and admission control in a secondary code-division network coexisting with a narrowband primary system. Our objective is to find the maximum number of admitted secondary links and then find the optimal transmitting powers and code sequences of those secondary links such that the total energy consumption of the secondary network is minimized subject to the conditions that primary interference temperature constraints, secondary signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) constraints and secondary peak power constraints are all satisfied. This is an NP-hard optimization problem which motivates the development of suboptimal algorithms. We propose a novel iterative algorithm to solve this problem in a computationally efficient manner. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm provides excellent solutions that result in high energy efficiency and large admitted percentage of secondary links. 1. Introduction With the explosive demand in wireless service in recent years, radio spectrum has become the scarcest resource for the modern wireless communication industry. Therefore, both spectrum regulation makers and wireless technology specialists endeavor to seek solutions that would increase the amount of available frequency spectrum. With the FCC's report that much of the licensed radio spectrum is highly underutilized [1], the concept of cognitive radio was proposed as a solution to the spectrum scarcity problem, where secondary (unlicensed) users can opportunistically access the licensed spectrum provided that they do not cause any ¡°harmful¡± interference to the primary (licensed) network. From the realization point of view, cognitive radio networking can be realized using two approaches: underlay and overlay [2]. Conventional cognitive radio proposals utilize the overlay approach where secondary users (SUs) detect spectrum holes (frequency bands not used by primary users) by sensing the whole spectrum and then transmit over them. In contrast, under the underlay approach, SUs can coexist with the primary users (PUs) as long as interference from SUs does not exceed the tolerable interference temperature at the primary receivers. Spread spectrum technology has been proposed as the most promising technology to maximize frequency reuse by exploiting the underlay approach [3]. Spread spectrum technology allows cognitive code-division users to coexist in parallel in frequency and time with primary users. The major challenge is to admit the maximum number of secondary users to access the spectrum
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